Valve aren't putting any exclusives on the Steam Machine because they see "the whole PC catalog as our 'launch exclusive'"

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• sylver_dragon@lemmy.world ⁨39⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  How would that even work? It’s literally a PC. It runs Linux. It’s as open a system as you’re going to get.

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• DaddleDew@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Exclusive deals are anti consumer practices anyway.

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• a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Given that it is designed as a general platform that makes zero sense.

  Also, why is anyone holding their breath for Valve of all people to produce games?

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• Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Half life 3 steam machine exclusive would break the internet

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  • eleijeep@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Half Life: Linux

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    • Gork@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They’re waiting for your vim commands, in the test chamberrrrrrr

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• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why would they make games that could only be played on Steam machines?

  That would be absolutely insane because number of Steam users who have has to be like 0.00001% or something crazy.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s more work to make a shittier experience for their customers. Valve knows that alienating customers is the dumbest possible move to make.

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    • homik@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yet that’s still exactly a thing that many other platforms would do. Maximise lock-in.

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• Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  putting an exclusive game on the steam machine would be an extremely dumb move anyways. valves not in the business trying to sell 5+ figure levels of these devices

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    It’s estimated that they’re selling 12,000-15,000 Steam Machines a weeks and my non-professional back-of-the-napkin math says that’s five figure levels.

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